Subhead:Numbers forced out by Conservative MP Dalwinder Gill reveal the CRTC has burned millions on the Online Streaming Act and plans to keep draining $9.7M every year, all while gearing up to control what platforms promote and what content Canadians see.#
The Trudeau government’s controversial Online Streaming Act (Bill C-11) isn’t just a bureaucratic boondoggle — it’s a censorship machine in the making, and Canadians are paying the bill.
According to a new order paper response, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has already spent $15.2 million to set up its framework for the law. That includes $11.9 million in fattened salaries and $3.3 million in operational costs, with $9 million torched in the 2024-25 fiscal year alone.
